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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

pompeux

, L.

pomposus

. See

Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent;

as, a

pompous

procession

Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious;

as,

pompous

manners; a

pompous

style.

“Pompous in high presumption.”

Chaucer.

pompous

vanity of the old schoolmistress.

Thackeray.

–

Pom′ous-ly

adv.

–

Pomp′ous-ness

Noun.

, a.

Displaying pomp; showy with grandeur; splendid; magnificent; as a pompous procession; a pompous triumph.

Ostentatious; boastful; as a pompous account of private adventures.